Video: Larry stumps America’s sweetheart with a Bible question

posted at 4:36 pm on June 29, 2007 by Allahpundit

And to think, I doubted the sincerity of her jailhouse conversion. Admit it, though: if she’d come back at him with the verse about the camel and the eye of the needle, you’d have loved her for it. Just for the sheer balls it would have taken.

A fine, fine lookin’ woman, though.

Might it be Paris’s deep, abiding interest in scientific pursuits that have led her to this godless end? Survey says: nope!

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When Larry repeatedly misspoke of Paris’ ADD by calling it ADT Paris graciously sounded it out for him by saying all the words. Larry caught his error but not the meaning. Then Larry blustered forward requesting that an ADD sufferer quote scripture.
Then Anderson Cooper gave us an hour’s worth of, “I don’t get it. Why do people like her? Don’t they get that she’s stupid?”
Yeah, she’s not bright. Let’s ridicule her.

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin, yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Aw, look, give her a break. I don’t doubt for a minute that she hit the Bible on the inside. Who amongst us wouldn’t, other than the most pointed of atheists?

But to modern ears, and certainly to vapid modern ears, common versions of the Bible are going to seem awkward, clumsy and, arguably, even impenetrable. My King James gives me a headache, and I’m mildly intelligent.

Maybe some of it soaked into her through osmosis, even if she can’t quote any of it. Hell, I can’t even quote Genesis, and that’s the first chapter!

She is completely unattractive in my eyes, do not understand why people think she is “hot”. Too thin, bad eye shape, wrong hair color, bad face build, etc. And dumber than just about anyone on the planet. Oh well. Guess I am just one of the lucky ones.

In all fairness I do hope that this experience has turned her act around. After all if we are going to talk about scripture or acting as the Bible tells us, then we must be willing to forgive.
So Paris, consider yourself forgiven this once. We all deserve a second chance. Just don’t expect a third or fourth or 69th. Oh no I didn’t go there did I?

Yes!!! She deserves a good spanking!
(A spanking!!! A spanking!!!)
And after you are done with her you will spank me. In fact we all deserve a good and proper spanking.
And after that we get to the oral…

SO the link about scientist. Well surprise most of them make up their mind due to their home experience. HA! Continually no thought of their own, only that mommy put me on a cold toilet seat and it ruined me for life.

She is, young, blond, thin,Multi millionaire, dumb, muti miliionair, too much make up,porn star(Home movie style)Multi millionaire, Airess. I think the dumb part would be the legacy though. But then, I’m married…. with children…. her age………….

To all the people who post here saying things like “let’s move on” or “no more Paris posts”, Guess what? You don’t have to read the post! There is plenty else to read and post comments on. We get it, your above this, so please stop reminding us how superior you are.

For someone who cannot act, cannot sing, has never had a stable job in her entire life and has no known viable talent at all; other than her natural born female talents (demonstrated on her ‘leaked’ homemade porno’s… *so I hear!*), and her learned ability to imbibe all manner of chemical concoctions, herbs, and alcohol; she sure gets a-lot of face time in the camera lenses. She’s the court jester. Maybe if her parents hadn’t solely and exclusively pampered her, while completely ignoring her at the same time, while she was growing up, she may have been a different person altogether.

You know, maybe, just maybe, she got something out of her jail experience (other than something contagious) and she will turn over a new leaf. Maybe she’ll give up the antics and attention whoring of a bored heiress brat. After all, it would probably be something new for her that she hasn’t done yet, which is what she craves in her never-ending millionairess boredom.

To all the people who post here saying things like “let’s move on” or “no more Paris posts”, Guess what? You don’t have to read the post! There is plenty else to read and post comments on. We get it, your above this, so please stop reminding us how superior you are.

bmac on June 29, 2007 at 5:33 PM

Followed by:

Who the fug cares what Paris is doing next? Why do we waste so much time on complete tools like her? There’s lots of dumb rich girls like her, give it a rest. Damn.

The only thing she learned in jail was how much people really hate her, which I don’t think she had any idea about. I think she thought everybody loved her. Hence the image makeover: subdued makeup,contrite attitude,etc. I will say she looks way hotter this way. Her PR people obviously gave her a good talkin to.

While I hate the media she get’s, I for one who like to see her truly turn her life around. I did work in a correctional facility for years and even though some would hide behind their religion, there were also some who took it seriously. Is her faith real? Is yours? Time will tell.

I’m sorry. As soon as she uttered “I’ve definitely matured”, the long-repressed Tourette’s syndrome in me swiftly emerged and caused my vocals cords to emit, in full throat, “BULLSH*T!” Or something along those lines, likely not re-printable here.

Can I now sue Paris to recover my costs for negating all those years of professional therapy?

Exit question: Where can I place a bet on how long it will be before the next Paris faux pas hits the headline stories of the news anchors and front pages of the dead-tree media?

It’d be more intriguing if Miss Hilton had turned ol’ Larry King down, citing a new direction in her life (less media – a LOT less) but guess she still thinks she needs the malicious flattery.
That was an interesting link, Baldilocks. Hitchens points it out – all Hilton has around her are syncophants and hangers-on who fawn all over her, then snicker and howl and jockey to get the most unflattering photo possible to make fun of her. Men without honor film themselves with her to leer into the camera to show everyone that they, “Look at me: got the rich **tch and you didn’t.”
Hilton has made a mess of her life – all that money and no direction or inner dignity – her parents gave her all the material things, but she’s empty inside. She’s pathetic enough on her own – no role model in any way – but the behavior of the people around her is just plain sickening.

I thought she looked her best on her way out of jail, ..”
marykatharine on June 29, 2007 at 5:12 PM

Agreed, and a true look of happiness, not that waxy camera face she exhibits.

I do hope she does well now tho. She has a chance, today.
The media made her, now they take shots at her. It’s what they do.
As for her life… We can’t really relate, can we? No one here is their own boss & solely their own product… with the name Hilton- recognized almost anywhere in the world?
She did it well for a kid that didn’t have to work. People bought it. Weird world.
Yet she’s probably lucky that life style hasn’t killed her, but it still could.
Give it 6 months, we’ll know if she’s ‘grown-up’ yet .

I’d require all than and a few excellent Cubans, several very expensive bottles of after dinner wine (to go) I’ll sell it later, a condo overlooking Central Park in NY City, Free stays in any Presidential Suite at any Hilton Hotel worldwide anytime I show-up period…whoever is checked-in get’s kicked out for me…then maybe I’d “do” Paris Hilton…MAYBE!

I had family responsibilities I had to take care of yesterday morning, but I found time to run into a local deli that I knew had a TV to see what was going on with the vote. I knew they usually ran CNN Headlines, but I figured it would have some updates. To my disgust they were replaying the Larry King interview of Paris Hilton. The headlines ticker was running the weather! I had to call my husband on my cell phone to find out what was going on.

I think people are way too hard on her. And yes, she is an attractive woman.

Blake on June 29, 2007 at 11:07 PM

I agree Blake. I know it’s fun to poke fun at someone who has been in the press so much but I think we should take her at her word. That doesn’t mean I expect her to join a convent either. Most people do a lot of growing up between 20 and 30 especially when you are suddenly held accountable for your actions.

Unfortunately, going to Mass isn’t going to help her much. But beyond that, we can only hope that she was more sincere in the rest of what she said than she was while claiming she had never done drugs…

I’ve never said a word about her one way or the other. I really don’t care if she is sincere or not. It is OBSCENE the amount of press this gets and and the obsession with this woman when there are so many other things to care about going on. Like the troops, the war on terror, the illegal immigration issue, health care, and the list goes on. Frankly, that she gets this much attention should be an affront to anyone who cares about any one of those issues.

Look at her shoulders sometime. They are like way too wide for her body. It’s like she has a big hanger under her skin. Creeps me out.

Bad Penny on June 29, 2007 at 5:47 PM

I don’t know why, it’s probably her lips and the shape of her head, but to me Paris Hilton has always resembled a marionette from an old kids TV show called “Thunderbird-6” … or for that matter, from Team America” World Police.

All right. So perhaps she could ahve saved herself by simply stating “John 3:6.”
But, there are people I have known who have been believers for many decades who don’t know if the book of Hezekiah is in the Old Testament, the New Testament, or not a book of the Bible at all!

I’ve been a christian since I was a kid (40+), done loads of missions work, co-written a book on sharing ones faith and I would have been pretty dumbfounded by that question as well. Its kind of like, “Whats your favorite song?” or “Whats your favorite ice cream?”

As we heard she just started reading the Bible recently why would she have or even think about having a “favorite bible verse”.

Let me also add that the way most people talk about Paris, in the news and HERE is so insulting and judgmental you might want to be a bit more careful what your thoughts are guided by.

I have to agree with Orthodox Robert here: she was in jail for three weeks and if that’s what it took to get her to look at her Bible, so be it. How many of us (and I’m a religious studies major at Clemson saying this) had scripture memorized 3 weeks after being saved?

She seemed contrite, she seemed to drop the dumb blonde act (though she still didn’t seem that smart), and she made the exact right kind of statements (“I’m 26…Its time I grew up.”) She got less punishment than she deserved, but she seems to have gotten the right lessons.

AP, that was a great (if underhanded) trick. With Larry King’s help, you got all of the Bible-thumpers here to actually read a PH post.

I only wonder how King would have reacted had she quoted Romans 8:38,39

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Woe to you of earth an sea for the devil sends the beast with wrath because he knows the time is short, Let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number its number is three six hundred and sixty six.